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Mad Men: Three Seasons On and Looking Forward

William Bradley | Posted 11.22.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Mad Men, Bill Clinton, 1960s, Jon Hamm, Advertising, January Jones, Matthew Weiner, Hillary Clinton, Don Draper, John F. Kennedy, Pop Art, Rothko, Entertainment News

I've been thinking about the arc of the series, from 1960 to 1963. Where has the series been, where is it now, and where might it be going with creator Matthew Weiner?

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Mad Men and the Decline of America

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 11.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: 9/11, America Decline, Consumerism, Mad Men, Pr, Advertising, Don Draper, Freud, American Dream, Jon Hamm, Entertainment News

As Don Draper reminds us again and again, love is something a guy like him creates to sell us nylons. We buy, we consume, we dream, but we need to build something real again.

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Mickey Becomes a Rat And We All Like It: Why Are Our Heroes All Dark?

Lennard Davis | Posted 11.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Mad Men, Television, Don Draper, House, Damages, Larry David, Mickey Mouse, Leave It to Beaver, Mickey Mouse Video Game, Ozzie and Harriet, Walt Disney, Epic Mickey, Entertainment News

What's happened to Mickey? I read today that Disney is about to launch a new Mickey video game in which our hero's sunny personality is going dark side.

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Lay Off Betty Draper-Francis

Janet Turley | Posted 11.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Mad Men, Feminism, Phyllis Schlafly, Mad Men Season Three, Betty Draper, Don Draper, Entertainment News

The dashing and exciting bad boy ended up being a sh*t husband. Good for Betty. As far as other fans speculating that Henry Francis wants control over Betty, it's too soon to tell for me.

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It's November 22, 1963 On Mad Men: HuffPost Review

William Bradley | Posted 11.04.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Mad Men, Betty Draper, Don Draper, Matthew Weiner, JFK Assassination, 1960s, Entertainment News

I've always wondered how Mad Men's writers and producers would handle one of the most critical and shattering events in American history, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

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Mad Men: "The Gypsy and the Hobo" -- HuffPost Review

William Bradley | Posted 10.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Mad Men, Betty Draper, 1960s, Casablanca, Jon Hamm, January Jones, The Misfits, Matthew Weiner, Don Draper, Oliver!, Thanksgiving, Entertainment News

"The Gypsy and the Hobo" has significantly stepped up the pace of this season of Mad Men. And it contains the big confrontation we've all been waiting for from the beginning.

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A Follow Up: "Hank Moody: For Women Only" (Question)

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 10.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Poll, Gender, Cable Television, Media News, Gender Issues, Mad Men, Women, Dating, Relationships, Survey, Don Draper, Cable, Women's Issues, Cable Tv, Hank Moody, Californication, Entertainment News

Despite at times being self-centered, lewd and at times irresponsible, would you date and/or marry Hank Moody?

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Mad Men and the High Cost of Advertising

James Block | Posted 10.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Consumer Culture, Mad Men, Television, Don Draper, Suburbia, Corporate Culture, Entertainment News

That Mad Men chronicles the rise of contemporary advertising should be our first warning. The fantasy machine that propels the American consumer culture achieves this leverage simply with make believe.

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Don Draper: For Women Only, Please Respond

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Mad Men, Women, Cable, Women's Issues, Sexism, Cable Television, Gender Issues, Survey, Cable Tv, Tufts, Poll, Don Draper, Culture Change, Gender, Media News

I am associated with the Culture Change Institute, a Tufts based group founded by Sam Huntington and Larry Harrison, which examines various cultures r...

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Mad Men: "The Color Blue" -- HuffPost Review

William Bradley | Posted 10.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: 1960s, Jon Hamm, Flash Forward, Prison Break, Richard Harris, Jared Harris, New York, Elisabeth Moss, London, Roger Sterling, Lane Pryce, Matthew Weiner, Peyton List, Betty Draper, Don Draper, Marshall Allman, John Slattery, January Jones. Peggy Olsen, Mad Men, Advertising Business, "The Group, Bob Dylan, Mary Mccarthy, " Abigail Spencer, The Singing Nun, Suzanne Farrell, Entertainment News

Last night's "The Color Blue" was a cracking good episode that, after last week's rushed and rather arbitrary plot developments, returned Mad Men to its strongest ground.

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Mad Men: "Wee Small Hours" -- HuffPost Review

William Bradley | Posted 10.12.2009 | Entertainment

Listening to Martin Luther King on the murder of four girls in a Birmingham church, Betty opines that maybe this civil rights thing is premature. But Betty should know that a dream deferred can dry up like a raisin in sun.

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Brooks Brothers To Go Mad With Don Draper Suits

StyleList.com | Lisa Marsh | Posted 10.11.2009 | Style

Read More: Mad Men Clothes, Brooks Brothers, Brooks Brothers Mad Men, Don Draper Mad Men, Mad Men Costumes, Don Draper, Mad Men Suits, Style News

Don Draper is the most dashing man on television and now you can sport a suit just like his. Brooks Brothers and "Mad Men" costume designer Janie Bry...

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Mad Men: "Souvenir" -- HuffPost Review

William Bradley | Posted 10.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Mad Men, Betty Draper, 1963, Grace Kelly, Conrad Hilton, Rome, Jon Hamm, January Jones, Virna Lisi, Don Draper, Nelson Rockefeller, Conservation, Bryn Mawr, Los Angeles, New York, La Dolce Vita, Entertainment News

This episode was a big showcase for January Jones, a stunning beauty who is also a very good actress. Forget Don, this was the Betty Draper show.

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House vs. Mad Men

Tom Matlack | Posted 10.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: House, Mad Men, Nice Guys, Men, Don Draper, Manhood, Gregory House, Entertainment News

At some point we have to break our emotional silence and get down to what is really going on. Don Draper has yet to do that, and it looks like he will never be able to fully. Gregory House has at least made a start.

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Mad Men: "Seven Twenty Three" -- HuffPost Review

William Bradley | Posted 09.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: 1960s, Military Draft, Liberal Republicans, Nelson Rockefeller, Robert Morse, Jon Hamm, New York, Elisabeth Moss, Andy Warhol, Roger Sterling, Matthew Weiner, Betty Draper, Advertising, Don Draper, January Jones, John Slattery, Rockefeller Republicans, John F. Kenendy, Bert Cooper, Mad Men, Peggy Olsen, Environmentalism, David Ogilvy, Conrad Hilton, Mad Men Episode Recap, Mad Men Recap, Mad Men Season Three, Entertainment News

What "Seven Twenty Three" is is Don Draper's Waterloo. Or I should say, Dick Whitman's Waterloo. That's the day in 1963 on which Don Draper/Dick Whitman gets lassoed.

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Mad Men's Emmy Triumph Comes As "Guy Walks Into An Advertising Agency" -- HuffPost Review

William Bradley | Posted 11.21.2009 | Entertainment

Last night's repeat win at the Emmy Awards further enshrined Mad Men as television's best series on a night when it aired a consequential new episode.

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Mad Men: "The Fog" -- HuffPost Review

William Bradley | Posted 11.14.2009 | Entertainment

Five major plot developments in this episode -- named for the culmination of Betty Draper's pregnancy -- drive the action forward as we enter the middle of the season.

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Mad Men: "My Old Kentucky Home" -- HuffPost Review

William Bradley | Posted 10.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Matthew Weiner, Joan Holloway, Betty Draper, Don Draper, January Jones, Jon Hamm, Mad Men, Peggy Olsen, Elizabeth Moss, Christine Hendricks, Ryan Cutrona, John Slattery, Roger Sterling, Entertainment News

Season 3's third episode, named for a stunning Roger Sterling musical interlude, is as much about tone as advancement of the plot. And a surprisingly musical tone at that.

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Mad Men: "Love Among the Ruins" -- HuffPost Review

William Bradley | Posted 09.24.2009 | Entertainment

We learned more about the characters and the changes taking place in this pivotal year. And we tapped into very contemporary themes about corporate disarray and aging parents.

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Why Men Don't Talk

Tom Matlack | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Women, Tony Soprano, Don Draper, Manhood, Feelings, Men and Communication, Difference Between Men and Women, Men and Emotions, Self-Reflection, Living News

Men don't talk because the very vocabulary for day-to-day life has been so dominated by a female frame of reference that we've lost the ability to explain ourselves in any meaningful way.

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Mad Men: "Out of Town": Season 3 Opener Satisfying If Not Scintillating

William Bradley | Posted 09.18.2009 | Entertainment

A satisfactory if not scintillating opener for the third season of Mad Men. The show captures the air of uncertainty that grips today's U.S. economy, and hints at major culture clash ahead.

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The Mad Men (and Women!) of Morning Joe

Rachel Sklar | Posted 09.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Mad Men, Betty Draper, Joe Scarborough, Don Draper, Jon Hamm, January Jones, Morning Joe, Mad Men Premiere, Pat Buchanan, Pete Campbell, Joan Holloway, Willie Geist, Mad Men AMC, Media News

In the tradition of merging the media beat with whatever pop culture sensation has captured the Zeitgeist, I thought it would be fun to cast the Mad Morning Men (and Women) of Morning Joe. Hey, what else are you gonna do until next Sunday at 10?

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Mad Men Returns: The '60s Advertising Drama Is A Time Tunnel To the Present

William Bradley | Posted 09.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Christina Hendricks, Pete Campbell, Joan Holloway, Jon Hamm, Robert Morse, Camelot, Elizabeth Moss, Bryan Batt, Sal Romano, Roger Sterling, James Bond, Matthew Weiner, Betty Draper, John F. Kennedy, Don Draper, January Jones, John Slattery, David Chase, Bert Cooper, Mad Men, Peggy Olsen, Vincent Kartheiser, The Sopranos, British Invasion, Sean Connery, Richard Nixon, 1960s, Madison Avenue, New York, Advertising, Entertainment News

There are a number of ways to view Mad Men. For my own part, I can take it as a period piece, a sort of time capsule of the early '60s, at once relatively close yet far enough away to be intriguing for its unfamiliarity.

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Mad Men Cocktails for Everyone

Ariston Anderson | Posted 09.11.2009 | Style

Read More: Mad Men, Jon Hamm, Betty Draper, Roger Sterling, Don Draper, Mad Men Season Three, Joan Holloway, Amc, Style News

The Madison Avenue men tend to drink their whisky straight up or on the rocks, but if you want to have a bit more fun at your own Season 3 premier party, here are a few classic cocktails to satisfy any guest.

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Why We Love Mad Men

Victoria Namkung | Posted 09.03.2009 | Home

Read More: Mad Men, Betty Draper, Gender Politics, Sexism, January Jones, Racism, Matthew Weiner, Birth Control, Don Draper, Fashion, Mad Men Premier August 16, Mad Men Season Premier, Sterling Cooper, Home News

While it may seem like watching Mad Men is like opening an archive to the past, I think we watch it because its themes are symbolic to the present.

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